
Acting
Valerie Lilley
Born 1939-04-14 · Northern Ireland, UK
Valerie Lilley is a Northern Irish actress who has played many television roles on dramas such as Doctors and Grange Hill. Lilley most recently appeared on Channel 4's serial drama Shameless portraying Patty Croker
Acting credits
6.3The deeply held religious convictions of an idealistic young priest are challenged when he must face extraordinary events within his own congregation.
Priest
1995
7.4A Liverpool tarmac gang set off for a contract in Middlesbrough. After a day of work, the group are approached by two gypsies who offer them a lucrative side job.
The Black Stuff
1980
NRWhen Darrell, Gwen, Mary-Lou, Sally and Ellen are stranded alone on Christmas Eve they fear a ghost is haunting them, meanwhile Gwen struggles with the news of her parents sudden divorce.
Christmas at Malory Towers
2022
7.0A woman returns to Belfast after ten years in England and becomes involved in the Maze prison protest.
The Long March
1980
7.7The murders of two MI6 agents in Northern Ireland add up to an explosive political situation.
Children of the North
1991
6.5In stark black and white, Terence Davies excavates the life of his fictional alter ego, Robert Tucker, in a narrative that slips between childhood, middle age and death, shaping the raw materials of his own life into a rich tapestry of experiences and impressions.
The Terence Davies Trilogy
1983
5.2Inmates fight, pair off, try suicide and attempt escape at a British reform school for girls.
Scrubbers
1982
5.8Jamie, an 11-year-old boy, is fascinated by his father Charlie’s espionage work until the world of spies becomes all too real. Charlie lives in his own reality—an undercover agent, always on an important mission, always on the move. Life for Charlie is highly charged and on the edge. He is unpredictable, explosive, yet kind hearted and fiercely protective of his Jamie who hero-worships his father.
I Know You Know
2009
7.0'One of your Popes had a great thing to say once. He had been listening to some music by Palestrina with Palestrina himself. He said to him, " The law, my dear Palestrina, ought to employ your music to lead hardened criminals to repentance".'
My Dear Palestrina
1980
NRStan McVay has given up smoking, gone on a diet and feels like hell. He's also abandoned the Ulster spud and learned that his teenage daughter is having an affair with a married man.
Potatohead Blues
1982
4.6Ascendancy is a 1983 British film. It tells the story of a woman who is a member of the British landowning 'Ascendancy' in Ireland during World War I. Gradually, she learns about the Irish independence movement, and becomes involved with it.
Ascendancy
1983
NRMickey and Mo head to Liverpool for the chance of a big score
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
1984
5.7Robert Tucker, a young gay man who is almost without affect, sits in various waiting rooms. As he sits, he recalls events from the year of his childhood when his father dies. He's ten or eleven that year, picked on by bullies at the Catholic school he attends. He seems friendless. At home, his mother is quiet, his father is ill and angry. After his father's death, there's a wake, the coffin arrives, the body is removed. The lad grieves, alone.
Children
1976
5.8Based on the true story of Shelia Bowler, accused of murdering her elderly aunt.
Anybody's Nightmare
2001
9.0Mike and his ex-wife have an 8-year-old daughter, Hazel. She calls her new mother's boyfriend 'daddy', which Mike goes along with until his access to Hazel is limited.
Loving Hazel
1989
7.0Two women navigate the challenges of life on a wintry day in 1980s Belfast. While Ruby has a cold and gets caught in the rain, Iris is job-hunting but feels lost in the traffic.
Iris in the Traffic, Ruby in the Rain
1981
6.0The nightmare experience of a young American housewife, confronted by a dark secret from her childhood.
The Story of Ruth
1982